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With two great museums, the Detroit Historical Society offers engaging opportunities to learn about and explore the city's rich history, from its automotive legacy to its maritime heritage.

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Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Sculpture - Top O' the Heap

Positive, Film

Music, Sheet - Michigan, My Michigan

Certificate, Membership

Pitcher

Postcard - Ferry for Windsor, Canada; foot of Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Ticket, Admission - Disney's World on Ice

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Stereoscope

Postcard - The Flats (Moonlight)

Print, Photographic

Finder, Star

Catalog, Sales - R.H. Fyfe & Co., Manufacturers & Dealers in Fine Shoes, Illustrated Price Book, Fifth Edition

Lithograph - The Mariners' Church

Lantern

Print, Photographic

Invoice

Print, Photographic

Booklet - Michigan Occupation Guide Series: Occupational Guide No. 53, Municipal Fire Fighters

Print, Photographic

Postcard - The New $100,000 Wayne Mineral Bath House, Detroit (Third and Jefferson Avenues), Mich.

Print, Photographic

Brochure - A Pompeiian Festival

Print, Photographic

Ribbon, Promotional

Postcard - Jefferson Clinic and diagnostic Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. - Jefferson Clinic And Diagnostic Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

Image, Digital

Bottle, Medicine

Letter - The Franco-American Club

Negative, Film

Token - Stanley Parking Systems

Film, Motion Picture - Neighborhood Trims
2 of 6 Rolls of Trims
144-221

Postcard - Detroit Harbor

Music, Sheet - March of Progress

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - Save - Buy - for Victory

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Advertisement - Social Parlor

Postcard - The Bridges, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Booklet - Thomas W. Palmer

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

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